Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and Pb: From Phantom Species to Stable Compounds

Until recently the low-coordinate compounds of the heavier elements
of group 14 were known only as transient, unstable species which
were difficult to isolate. However recent developments have led to
the stabilisation of these compounds and today heavier group 14
element cations, radicals, anions, carbene analogues, alkene and
alkyne analogues and aromatics have all been prepared as highly
reactive, stable, fully characterizable and readily available
organometallic reagents.

Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and
Pb describes the chemistry of this exciting new class of
organometallics, with an emphasis on their major similarities and
differences with the analogous species in organic chemistry. Topics
covered include include the synthesis, structure, reactions and
synthetic applications of :

heavy analogues of alkenes of the type:
>E14=E13-,
>E14=E15-,
>E14=E16 [where E13,
E14, E15 and E16 are elements of
the groups 13, 14, 15 and 16]

cyclic compounds (three-, four-, five-, and six-membered
rings)

heavy analogues of 1,3-dienes, allenes and other cumulenes

heavy analogues of aromatic compounds; including a comparison
between organometallic and organic aromaticity

Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and
Pb is an essential guide to this emerging class of
organometallic reagents for researchers and students in main group,
organometallic, synthetic and silicon chemistry

Vladimir Ya. LeeAssistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate
School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
JapanVladimir Ya. Lee has worked at the Korea Institute of Science
and Technology (Korea), at the Université Paul Sabatier
(France), and, since 1998, at the University of Tsukuba (Japan).
His research interests lie in the field of highly reactive species:
carbene analogues, cations, free radicals, anions, multiply bonded
compounds and small rings.

Akira SekiguchiProfessor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Pure
and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, JapanAkira Sekiguchi is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the
University of Tsukuba. He received the Japan IBM Science Award in
1996, the Divisional Award of the Chemical Society of Japan
(Organic Chemistry) in 1997, and the Alexander von Humboldt
Research Award in 2004. His research interests are organosilicon
and organolithium chemistry, organogermanium chemistry, and
reactive intermediates. In 2006 he received the Kipping Award, the
most important prize in the field of silicon chemistry.

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